Start date - Port Clinton, PA

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#1

Starting a NOBO hike on the AT at Green Point,PA that is a little south of Port Clinton, PA. What would be a good date to start? How early could you start and the nights would not go below 20?

Bayou

#2

February 15th is average for lows above 20 degrees in Port Clinton. Weather will be cooler on the ridges. Maybe start end of February?

See the average temp chart here: http://www.city-data.com/city/Port-Clinton-Pennsylvania.html

Asap

#3

Here is a great little program for figuring out the average, highs, lows and records temps of every town on the AT. You just pick the town you want, the dates you want to look at and up pops your information in graph form:
http://www.thru-hiker.com/temporal.asp

Bear Bag Hanger

#4

boy, what an awful stretch from Port Clinton to Water Gap to start a hike on. At least you’ll be at fairly low elevation and it won’t be as cold as on higher peaks.

0101

#5

Temp. near Port Clinton
Living about 20 miles from Port Clinton I would have to say that if you want to have temperatures no lower then 20 you should not start until mid March. It’s normally pretty cold at night up on those rocky mountains well into April.

Walking W